Death to America let me count the ways

[NightskyeB4Dawn]

I bet there isn't a single person who will disagree on any of the 25.

They should add the blatant corruption of politicians scoring millions in bribes, kick backs (foundations, lobbyist jobs, campaign contributions, jobs for spouses, blatant pay to play, etc.)

I had a flashback.

I was working at a hospital where the work environment was awful. They kept making demands, adding to our work load, but did not give us a single benefit or increase in pay.

Everyone was angry and everyone was complaining. I spoke with everyone and they agreed that we should have a meeting and bring our grievances to the higher ups.

I spoke with administration and arranged a meeting. It was very well attended and I just knew we were going to get some changes made.

I laid out the grievances, and was told that knew what my grievances were, but they wanted to hear what the others had to say.

I will never forget the feeling that drowned me when I realized that not one person was going to speak up. None of them would even look at me.

After administration left, they swarmed me, crying, making excuses, and apologizing for leaving me to hang. I told them that I did not want to hear another person say anything about the pay, the unfair work demands, or any other complaint ever again. I did not stay there much longer. I actually moved on another job that took me to whole new direction in nursing.

That was over 40 years ago. You know what has not changed?

People will bitch and complain all day and all night, but they will not do one damn thing about it. The battle for change is often fought alone.